Five local calls for entry: Don't just stand there, do something!

Summertime and the living is easy...not. Here are five ways for local artists to stay busy during the dog days. Because -- wink, wink -- we know you're all lying around the pool sipping lemonade all summer long.

tbellphotographic, 900 Santa Fe Drive: Photographer/gallery owner Terri Bell is accepting entries for a juried exhibition of photography expressing human emotion. Better work fast: Submissions are due by tomorrow -- July 20 -- for the show Is This How I Look?, which opens August 19. Ken Hamel of denverarts.org juries; visit www.tbellphotographic.com for prospectus.

EventGallery 910Arts, 910 Santa Fe Drive: Along with Grow Local Colorado, the EventGallery is accepting entries of works in all media for Nature: Working!, a juried exhibit about permaculture that opens August 5. Time is also short for this one: the deadline is July 21. There's a registration fee of $10 per artist, for up to ten entries; go to www.910arts.com.

NEXT Gallery, 3659 Navajo Street: Denver art lover and artist booster Dana Cain is the juror for Heat, an open-entry show that debuts at NEXT on August 19. Entries will be accepted through August 3; get all the details at www.nextartgallerydenver.com.

Brighton Armory, 300 Strong St., Brighton: Art at the Armory is collecting entries of artwork using recycled, reclaimed and otherwise green materials for its September 24 Eco-Fair. Works will be accepted on a space-available basis until this show is full. Entry is free; visit www.brightonarmory.org for the lowdown

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Cat Care Society, 5787 West 6th Avenue: Something must have gone seriously right at this year's Tails of the Painted Cats gala auction in June, because the cat-loving no-kill shelter is ready to start all over again and is seeking a new batch of artists to decorate fiberglass cats for Tails of the Painted Cats 2012. Sign up through September 15; along with the publicity, a T-shirt and tickets to the gala, you'll get a supply stipend to finance the artification of your cat. Go to catcaresociety.org.

Susan Froyd is a Denver native who studied English, Art and finally Journalism at Metro State University, and also managed movie theaters and sold art supplies before landing at Westword in 1992. Decades later, she still feels privileged to serve the vibrant artists in all disciplines who make our town a more engaging place to live.